[aisle] Colleen Hoover for Independent Reading

[Mary Gabel]

If they have* complete freedom to choose*, isn't it up to them and their
parents/guardians?

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 12:35 PM Leah Gregory via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> If they are bringing them in, and not passing them around, I would let it
> go. That’s between them and their parents. If they are passing them around
> and it’s becoming a thing, I would address it as a distraction.
>
> *Leah Gregory, *M.A., M.S.
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> Claire Greene via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 23, 2023 12:34:10 PM
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> *Cc:* Claire Greene <cgreene at northbrook28.net>
> *Subject:* [aisle] Colleen Hoover for Independent Reading
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> Good afternoon, collective mind!
>
> I had an email from an 8th grade LA teacher this morning asking what we
> should do about 8th grade students reading books that we know to be
> extremely mature, and not professionally recommended for their age group.
> Specifically, many of our 8th graders are reading Colleen Hoover books. *These
> are books they have NOT gotten from the school or classroom library*,
> which makes me inclined to think it's none of our business, and we should
> do nothing.
>
> However, the teacher is concerned because she does reading conferences
> about independent reading books, and keeps records of the books students
> choose to read. They have complete freedom over the books they choose for
> independent reading, but the reading itself is assigned and tracked (20
> minutes a day is assigned), *making it technically curricular.*
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> Does anyone have any thoughts about how to balance students' privacy and
> intellectual freedom with the LA teacher's responsibility in loco parentis?
>
> Thank you for your insight!
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> --
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> Claire Greene, Director of Resource
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